I think being handcuffed and hauled away was a bit extreme. However, I taught second grade in Atlanta for a few years about a decade ago. I was pregnant with my first child and one of my students kicked me in the stomach. The kid had issues. I sent him to the principal’s office and he was back in my room five minutes later. I hated that year and still have nightmares from that kid. I had zero control over him as a teacher. I would have loved to have that child taken away just not to a cell. Some kids need more help than a public school can adequately provide.
I homeschool my kids because I know what goes on in those schools. I’ll never send my kids into that mad house.
I dunno what is going on... back in my day if a kid hit a teacher, they were permanently expelled...
Assault charges would have been appropriate. Your principal did not do his/her job. That child had no business in the classroom with other children - OR your unborn child.